Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §461 is enacted to read:

§461.__State reimbursement for costs of rescue services supported

by communities with populations of less than 200

The State shall reimburse communities with populations of less than 200 that have no Interstate 95 exit within the town limits of that town for those communities' costs of providing fire, ambulance or other rescue services for accidents that occur on Interstate 95.

SUMMARY

This bill requires the State to reimburse communities of fewer than 200 people that have no Interstate 95 exit within the town limits of that town for those communities' costs of providing fire, ambulance or other rescue services for accidents that occur on Interstate 95. This reimbursement is both for communities whose own services are dispatched to the accident and for communities that do not have their own services but help pay for services dispatched from other communities.